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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscina levida

Posted by Tony T on 30-04-2007 23:20

23 April 2007 New Brunswick, Canada. Length 10mm
Saw several specimens, most striking to me was the red-tipped scutellum.
Family or better appreciated.

Edited by Tony T on 12-08-2008 21:39

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-05-2007 07:36

Muscidae, Muscina sp.
Nikita

Posted by Tony T on 02-05-2007 03:22

Thanks again Nikita. Seems there are 7 spp. NA. This one looks identical to Susan's M. levida images in the Gallery. M. levida does occur in NA.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-05-2007 13:33

Tony

I would have guessed M levida because of the very dark palps and no sign of orange on the legs and antennae, but I didn't know what the choices were.

Posted by Tony T on 02-05-2007 13:43

These:
Muscina Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Muscina dorsilinea Wulp 1896 (Clinopera)
Muscina flukei Snyder 1956 (Muscina)
Muscina fulvacrura Snyder 1956 (Muscina)
Muscina levida Harris 1780 (Musca)
Muscina pascuorum Meigen 1826 (Musca)
Muscina prolapsa Harris 1780 (Musca)
Muscina stabulans Fallen 1817 (Musca